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The Frankfort Journal has been publishing a series of prosy
The Spectatorarticles on Social Order; the object of which is to point out the blessings of despotism, and the advantages that would result to the possessors of property if all governments...
M. MENDIZABAL has succeeded in forming a new Spanish Ministry.
The SpectatorThe following is a list of the members of the Chief Council, with the offices attached to each ; from which it appears that some of the appointments are only provisional....
There is no intelligence from France this week of the
The Spectatorslightest interest, except the reported disapprobation of the Duke DE BROGLIE Of M. ME NDIZABAL and his Administration. It is not to be supposed that Louis PHILIP'S despotic...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE proceedings of the Registration Courts in the Metropolis, and in various parts of the country, prove that the electors are aware of the importance of the struggle in which...
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At the London Sessions, on Monday, a private in the
The SpectatorColdstream Guards was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for three months for striking at a constable with his bayonet, when drunk. In the New Court, yesterday, twenty...
Chr at ctrapolisi.
The SpectatorThe Revising Barristers have been occupied, since our last paper, in amending the list of voters for the city of London and the county of Middlesex. In the City, on Saturday,...
The Revising Barristers for the county of Middlesex held their
The SpectatorCourt on Saturday, at Kensington. The first case they decided was i one of considerable importance: they decreed that Mr. George Bennett was entitled to vote, in virtue of his...
At the Hatton Garden Office, on Tuesday, a poor, miserable
The Spectatorcrea- ture was committed to the House of Correction for ten days, as a punishment for selling Cleave's Weekly Gazette and the Twopenny Dis- patch. Mr. Laing said to Dean, the...
A meeting of the Common Council was held on Thursday.
The SpectatorMr. Williams presented a report from the Committee on the expenses of the Lord Mayor's office, which were stated at 25,000/. per annum. Several members and the Lord Mayor...
frig Court.
The SpectatorTHE King had a distinguished party to dinner on Sunday evening. at Windsor Castle ; among the company, were the Duke of Dorset, Lord Elphinstone, Colonel Cavendish, Sir Edward...
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trbc Countrg.
The SpectatorThe Revising Barristers are busied in the work of amending the registers of voters in various parts of the country. We have selected from the provincial papers accounts of some...
The Tories of South Devon gave their Member, Mr. Parker,
The Spectatora din- ner on Tuesday, at Starcross, near Exeter. One of the first toasts was "the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," and this elicited a long speech from the Reverend Dr....
The London Shipping Company's steam-ship Perth, otherwise the Fair Maid,
The SpectatorJohn Spiuk, Commander, arrived at Hore's Steam Wharf, Wapping, from Dundee, on the evening of the 18th instant, with about forty passengers, and a mOst extensive and valuable...
The absurdity of regulating the property qualification under the Municipal
The SpectatorReform Act by the assessed value of the house in which a man lives instead of by its actual value, is rendered so palpable now that the Barristers for regulating the wards have...
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It appears that some hireling of Lord Falmouth, perhaps his
The SpectatorLord- ship himself, has virulently attacked the editor of the West Briton, published at Truro, for copying from the Spectator the article on the Thu-render case in the House of...
A brother of Thomas Robinson, Mr. Beilby Thompson's game. keeper,
The Spectatorwho was murdered by some poachers several weeks ago, :mei- dentally shot himself on Saturday. It is remarkable that a third brother was accidentally shot dead by a...
The Honiton new church has been made the means of
The Spectatorthe most disgraceful persecution ever heard of. Several working-men have been refused employment on that building, because they do not vote for the Tories of the borough. We do...
IRELAND.
The SpectatorWe mentioned last week, in our second impression, that Mr. 11;.reus Costello had taken steps towards prosecuting Dalton, the 51111111, A‘110 accused him of bribery in the Dublin...
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An extraordinary and mysterious2cese is related in some of the
The SpectatorDublin papers, of a young woman, li a r: .1 Margaret Fehis, who, if the account is true, has been treated by eertein persoos in authority in a most inhuman inanner. The nereent...
Some of the Irish Clergy intend to attempt the collection
The Spectatorof tithes. Undeterred by the recollection of Rathcormac arid the execration which his proceedings last year drew down upon him from all but Orange-Tories, Mr. Ryder, the "hero...
A meeting of some Orange parsons was held a few
The Spectatordays ago in Dublin, at which an address to the Protestants was agreed to, calling on them to join in the " Bible Festival" on the 4th of October. These men had the impudence to...
The Orangemen arc in a perfect fury on account of
The SpectatorLord Mulgrave's refusal to sanction the election of Mr. R. Deane to the Mayoralty of Cork, as well as the election of Sheriffs for that city. It appears that the gentlemen in...
SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorAfr. O'Connell arrived at 1!additr:!ol CO the evening of Wednesday, the 16th in,tant, and the next dr,y proceeded to Newington, where he was met by the preeessien of the...
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The dinner took place in the hall of the Portable
The SpectatorGas Company, The appearance of the ball, with its triple roof supported by two row s of slender pillars, festooned with evergreens, and it pleasant light . chf- fused over all...
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The following are the results of the proceedings in several
The Spectatorof the Scotch Registration Courts. In Stirlingshire the Reformers have established a majority of O. At the last election, Mr. Forbes defeated Admiral Fleming by a majority of...
Mr. O'Connell arrived in Glasgow on Monday, several hours later
The Spectatorthan he was expected, in consequence of being detained on his route at Falkirk and other places by the people, who poured forth in crowds to meet him. Hustings were erected on...
Inittallantaui.
The SpectatorThe Earl of Chatham died on Thursday morning, twenty-nine years after his celebrated younger brother, William Pitt. Lord Chatham was "distinguished" in the fatal Walcheren...
On the following day, a meeting of the United Irishmen
The Spectatorwas held in the news-room of the Waterloo Ilotel, in order to present Mr. O'Con- nell with a silver vase, as a testimony of respect, attachment, and grati- tude to him for his...
Mr. Mortimer O'Sullivan delivered two " Proteetant " speeches at
The SpectatorGlasgow last week, filled with abuse of the Catholics, in the true Exeter Hall style. Ilis patrons were Captain Gordon, Mr. Colquhoun of Killermont, and Mr. James Ewing. In...
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The SpectatorVarious accounts have appeared in late publications of the origin of Lynch's law, iVe have reason to believe (says the Courier), that the following statements, which we extract...
The Commissioners for inquiring into the affairs of the Post-office
The Spectatorare now engaged in an investigation relative to the steam-packet esta- blishments, and have directed their Secretary, accompaided by a naval officer, to make a survey of the...
The convict ship . George the Third was wrecked on a
The Spectatorreef at the mouth of the river Derwent, on its way to Hobart Town, on Sunday, *ie .12th of April. There were prisoners, 29 soldiers, 3 officers, 22 women and children, besides...
We are rejoieed to learn from private as well as
The Spectatorpublic sources that a degree of cordiality prevails at present between the King and his Ministers, but more especially between the King and the noble Lord at the head of his...
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The following is the account of the average liabilities and
The Spectatorassets of the Bank of England, from the 30th of June to the 25th September inclusive. Circulation £18,210,000 Deposits 13,230,000 £01,470,000 Assets. Securities...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived- At Gravesnul, Sept. 21st, Venus, Harvey, ft-em New South Wales ; and 24th, Blenheim. Brown, troin siugapore. Off Margate, 2111„ David Scott, Owen, from China. Off...
The Paris journals are full of comments on Mr. O'Cororm's
The Spectatorspeeches and the reception he has met with in Scotland. The Doctri- naires profess to be alarmed at the evident progress of " disorganizing " principles; while the Liberals...
The military show at Kansa was to terminate on the
The Spectator17th instant. There had been some curious and striking exhibitions of the epics trian skill of the Cossacks and of the Czar's Mussulman regiment. The Sovereigns were expected to...
POS TSCRIPT • SATURDAY NI GHT.
The SpectatorThe morning papers supply intelligence from the East. The Pluto, with Mr. Ewa on board, left Constantinople on the 31st August, arid proceeded on her way to Trebizond. Mr. Er.us...
The old game is kept up. The Tory newspapers have
The Spectatorbut one theme. The Times this morning, and the Standard this evening, are devoted to abuse of O'Cosszt.L. The Times evidently connects its own rapid decline in circulation with...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorTor Winter Theatres have sent out their bills of fare, and the re- spective entertainments'seem to be of the usual character. Of their merits we shall report next week—now we...
From the Gazette of last night we learn that several
The Spectatormoves have &ken place in the diplomatic circles. Mr. HENRY STEPHEN Fox, now Ambassador to the Brazilian Emperor, is to go to Washington; Mr. HAMILTON C. J. HAMILTON, now...
THE ARMY.
The SpectatorWAIL omuceAllept. 25.-4th Regt„ of Dragoon Guards-Sergi-Major Souther, from the Cavalry Deprit at Maidstone, to be Ridingemster and Cornet, without purchase. 11th Regt. of Light...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS.
The SpectatorOn the 13th inst., at Poyntzlield House, N.11., the Lady of Major GEORGE Gux 21ormo. of a daughter. On the 20th inst.. at Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, the scat of C. Lyne...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSTOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have evinced a tendency to improvement ; the business transacted has not, however, been extensive. The purchases by the...
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Opinionsi of tte Prrdi.
The SpectatorWHO IS TO SUPPORT THE IRISH CLERGY? MORNING CHRONICLE—All hopes of a satisfactory adjustment of the Irish Tithe question are destroyed by the declaration of the Tory Peers,...
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and
The Spectatorhave been the usual preliminary flourish of notices and summonses on the one side, and, on the other, large meetings of the exasperated peasantry, vowing to Heaven that, rather...
respect. ferences. We may again quote the Scotsman on this
The Spectatorpoint. Protestantism ? nalist, but of a sober Whig. Scotland as one whom of all others they delighted to honour. ception of Otoertexte among our Northern fellow citizens. It...
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A SPECIMEN OF MISREPRESENTATION.
The SpectatorIN Mr. ROEBUCK'S last pamphlet we find the following brief article, which we copy entire. It is entitled "Borough Justices. - " One of the Sunday Papers gives a list of the...
GENERAL EVANS.
The SpectatorIT was to be expected that the English Carlists, tools of the LONDONDERRY and BERESFORD faction, would spit their venom at the gallant DE LACY EVANS. For some time they could...
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The cholera at Turin is fast subsiding. On the 10th
The Spectatorand 11th there were neither any deaths nor new cases ; and the disease has apparently, ceased at all the other places in Piedmont at which it had shown itself. At Genoa, also,...
THE CONQUEST OF FLORIDA.
The SpectatorTHE reader of ROBERTSON is acquainted with the fact of the ac- cidental discovery of Florida by PONCE DE LEON, whilst the veteran enthusiast was sailing in search of the...
MR. MONTGOMERY MARTIN'S STATISTICS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorLondon, `25th September 1835. SIR—On my return to town this morning, I received your journal of Sun. clay last ; it contains an attack on my History of the British colonies,...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorFicTioN, The Linwrxels; or Sixty Years Since" In America. of" Hope Leslie," " Redwood," Sze. In 3 vole POETRY, Verses, Serious and Comic. Ity H. H. Kuapp Murray. UNIVERSAL...
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THE LINWOODS.
The SpectatorIN despite of a story not well knit together in some or its parts, and of a disposition in the writer occasionally to sacrifice consist- ency to what she deems effect, as well...
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VERSES, SERIOUS AND COMIC.
The SpectatorTuts volume is a collection of occasional poems, not differing much from others of their class in the nature of the subjects or in the poetical genius they display ; but still...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OP MAN.
The SpectatorTHE class of readers for whom this little book is designed is not very perceptible. In form and appearance it looks like a juvenile work. The compiler too strenuously strives to...
PICTURES AND ARTISTS. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANNUALS.
The SpectatorWE had been solacing ourselves for the want of that welcome exhibi- tion of the earlier works of the English school by the Soviety of British Artists during the temporary close...
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NEW PRINTS.
The SpectatorA LARGE and elaborate engraving-or finished etching rather-of the magnificent Altar Screen of York Minster, has just appeared. It is engraved by 'UNITY SHAW, from a drawing by...